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Turtle Shaped Watermelon Fruit Bowl

turtle watermelon fruit bowl
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A cute and easy turtle watermelon fruit salad bowl for summer cookouts and parties.

Ingredients

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  • 2 watermelon – making sure one is a round shape for the body. The other one will be used for legs and a long neck
  • other fruits like cantaloupe, honeydew, grapes, strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries
  • a white chalk marker
  • candy eyes
  • mini marshmallow
  • knives for cutting

Instructions

  • cut a round watermelon in half
  • scoop out the watermelon from both halves and place it into a large bowl
  • add a variety of fruits to the watermelon in the bowl, making a fruit salad
  • set the bottom half of the watermelon down on a serving platter

making a turtle watermelon fruit bowl

  • decorate the top half with a chalk marker making the pentagon shapes of a turtle shell

making a turtle watermelon fruit bowl   making a turtle watermelon fruit bowl

  • cut 1/4 of the extra watermelon and remove the watermelon flesh
  • use the cut portion to make the neck with a pointed end and the legs with a simple rectangular shape
  • cut a mini marshmallow in half and cut the ends making it sticky on both sides
  • using the sticky marshmallow, attach eyes to the pointed end of the turtle neck

making a turtle watermelon fruit bowl

  • using toothpicks place the feet and neck into the bottom half of the watermelon for the turtle’s body
  • place cut-up fruits in the bottom half of the turtle

turtle watermelon fruit bowl

  • add the turtle shell
  • mound any extra cut-up fruit around the turtle

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